Behind The Scenes: 2026 ThinkLA Creative Summit Video

Written By Matt Koulermos

I thought I just crafted the perfect single-shot prompt, but it's okay to be wrong. I'd taken over an hour to describe every frame in great detail. Each render came back looking worse than the last. The good news was that my character scenes were coming out perfect every time: "...the rise of the tinkler!"

The bad news, no matter which of the models I tried, AI did not wanna orbit the camera around the mountain. But instead of giving up, I decided to build a mountain of my own out of two dish towels and a bear out of two small Legos. I pulled out my phone and captured the reference footage. All of a sudden, Seedance 2.5 was nailing the flight path render after render.

We used the same approach, cresting the left edge of the mountain and back to the original perspective to match the poster.

Final Version:

"Join us October 9th at the ThinkLA Creative Summit for "The Rise of the Tinkerers," where we'll discuss the future of AI and creativity."

Matt Koulermos

Matt Koulermos is the Founding Partner of AdWaken.ai, an AI-native commercial studio focused on bringing big ideas to broadcast in weeks instead of months. Before starting AdWaken in early 2024, Matt spent nearly two decades as an Art Director and Creative Director at agencies including David&Goliath, Ogilvy, Meaningful Works and The Wonderful Agency.

http://adwaken.ai
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